2002 Hyundai XG350 Reviews - Page 2 of 2

2002 Hyundai XG350 L 3.5 from North America

Summary:

It's been a very reliable vehicle.

Faults:

We've had good service and performance with our XG350L. My only complaint relates to the alignment. We brought ours home with an alignment issue, brought it up with the dealer who said they didn't find a problem. At 21,000 we were told by the service department that our tires were needing to be replaced - this just after the warranty ran out. Dealer worked with us, replaced the tires for free, and gave us a free alignment. We paid labor.

And, I agree with a previous poster that if you want maintenance work done, it's expensive to get at the dealer. Shop around.

General Comments:

We've had a lot of people comment on how good the car looks and how comfortable it is to sit in.

Both my husband and I love the memory seats. We feel we got a lot of car for not a lot of money.

2002 Hyundai XG350 L 6 cylinder from North America

Summary:

Affordable luxury/sport vehicle

Faults:

I am ready for a third set of tires, with the first set being replaced at 9,000 miles (all feathered - Michelin), and now after another 10,000 miles, they are performing badly and feathered again. I had the most recent set rotated at 5,000 miles. I do not drive aggressively and believe there must be a defect in the wheels which is causing the tires to wear so quickly. They were replaced the first time by Warranty (and a lot of begging and pleading to the less than helpful dealership), we'll see how it goes this time.

The stereo system sounds good, but cannot handle a lot of bass or volume. Disappointing.

The quick acceleration from a dead stop is hard to get used to and I wonder if that is decreasing my MPG to about 23. Not very fuel efficient, but nonetheless..."she goes like crazy"...very zippy and sporty car.

General Comments:

This car is very eye appealing and extremely fun to drive. I have gotten a lot of negative comments about driving a "Hyundai", but I have had more people ask me what kind of car I'm driving, in pure admiration. I am very disappointed with the performance of the tires. Absent that little annoyance, and optimistic hope that the problem will be solved without cost to me, I would most certainly buy another XG350 when mine gets older. It's a very nice car for the $$$ and complete with a lot of bells and whistles.

2002 Hyundai XG350 L 3.5L from North America

Summary:

Faults:

Throttle has a mind of it's own - either accelerates too fast or doesn't move at all.

Transmission flares and/or slams into gear.

Left front speaker buzzes.

Wiper switch sticks.

Suspension clunk in front.

Movement (play) in driver's seat.

Paint coming off trim.

Water filled headlight module.

Sun visor broke (twice).

Noisy brakes.

Brake rotors needed machining due to run-out.

Automatic climate control changes speed so often you wonder if it is broke.

More problems than I can list here.

General Comments:

I loved this car when I saw pictures of it in the car magazines. Loved it even more sitting in it at the dealership. The price was so attractive I let it lull me into purchasing this luxury car from a company who, in the past, had quality control problems.

What a mistake. I have had nothing, but problems since purchasing it. Have had it into the dealer a total of 7 times and they still cannot fix the engine bogging problem, plus, when they "reprogram" the throttle they make it worse, the car lunges now when pressing the throttle.

25th Feb 2005, 14:57

1. "Throttle has a mind of it's own - either accelerates too fast or doesn't move at all."

2. Suspension clunk in front.

3. Left front speaker buzzes.

4.Paint coming off trim.

They have also never been able to truly fix the "Check engine light" it has had everything changed 3-4 times that can go wrong with that issue and still comes and goes -

I did like the ride initially, but the front suspension has been completely overhauled trying to figure out the clunking noise when going over small bumps and it seems to be an inherent design flaw - I noticed this in several Sonatas they put me in, in my many trips to the service dept.

I hope they work this things out in the 2006 model, as I was not impressed with the 2003 and later model changes in the front-end and wheels - as well the wood grain in the newer models looks really fake now!